UK companies
Companies House's free company data: one page per company on the UK register with its status, type, incorporation date, industry codes, registered office and previous names, the people and companies with significant control (PSCs), the UK charity it runs as when it is one, and the US businesses, SEC filers and people it cross-references to.
5,711,779 companies, 16,154,833 PSC records, 649,209 previous names. Cross-references: 30,100 UK charities, 960 US business registrations, 40 SEC filers, 97 PSCs linked to people on furp.org.
Companies House, Free Company Data Product (every live company on the UK register, a monthly snapshot) and the People with Significant Control snapshot. Dissolved companies are not in the free product. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Companies House. Snapshot 2026-11-01.
Leaderboards
- UK industries with the most new companies
- The largest PSC networks in the UK
- UK regions by share of companies not active
By region
Region from the registered office's postcode area, approximately. “Other” counts companies on the live register that are not plainly active: proposals to strike off, liquidation, administration, receivership and the like. Dissolved companies leave the free data product, so it has no count of them.
| Region | Companies | Active | Other status | Share not active |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 1,605,064 | 1,462,997 | 142,067 | 8.9% |
| South East | 781,837 | 720,700 | 61,137 | 7.8% |
| North West | 580,658 | 517,394 | 63,264 | 10.9% |
| East of England | 476,243 | 433,093 | 43,150 | 9.1% |
| West Midlands | 436,728 | 394,665 | 42,063 | 9.6% |
| South West | 373,908 | 345,285 | 28,623 | 7.7% |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 358,304 | 322,690 | 35,614 | 9.9% |
| Scotland | 317,114 | 287,762 | 29,352 | 9.3% |
| East Midlands | 270,481 | 244,689 | 25,792 | 9.5% |
| Wales | 169,011 | 131,722 | 37,289 | 22.1% |
| North East | 134,581 | 120,490 | 14,091 | 10.5% |
| No UK postcode | 102,579 | 100,202 | 2,377 | 2.3% |
| Northern Ireland | 90,970 | 83,280 | 7,690 | 8.5% |
| Jersey | 7,475 | 7,466 | 9 | 0.1% |
| Isle of Man | 3,498 | 3,495 | 3 | 0.1% |
| Guernsey | 3,328 | 3,326 | 2 | 0.1% |
Status
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 5,179,256 |
| Active - Proposal to Strike off | 417,325 |
| Liquidation | 107,871 |
| In Administration | 3,707 |
| Live but Receiver Manager on at least one charge | 2,169 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 583 |
| In Administration/Administrative Receiver | 396 |
| RECEIVERSHIP | 182 |
| ADMINISTRATION ORDER | 121 |
| ADMINISTRATIVE RECEIVER | 105 |
| In Administration/Receiver Manager | 52 |
| RECEIVER MANAGER / ADMINISTRATIVE RECEIVER | 10 |
| VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENT / ADMINISTRATIVE RECEIVER | 1 |
| VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENT / RECEIVER MANAGER | 1 |
Company types
| Type | Companies |
|---|---|
| Private Limited Company | 5,283,363 |
| PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) | 118,835 |
| Limited Partnership | 61,162 |
| Limited Liability Partnership | 49,867 |
| Community Interest Company | 45,753 |
| Charitable Incorporated Organisation | 40,988 |
| PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) | 35,720 |
| Overseas Entity | 30,166 |
| Other company type | 15,499 |
| Registered Society | 10,770 |
| Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation | 8,033 |
| Private Unlimited Company | 4,724 |
Largest industries (SIC code)
| SIC | Industry | Companies | Incorporated in the past 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47910 | Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet | 224,616 | 69,167 |
| 62012 | Business and domestic software development | 127,132 | 40,478 |
| 62020 | Information technology consultancy activities | 176,888 | 28,282 |
| 64209 | Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. | 126,131 | 23,406 |
| 68100 | Buying and selling of own real estate | 291,778 | 38,882 |
| 68209 | Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate | 475,400 | 57,858 |
| 68320 | Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis | 132,691 | 15,599 |
| 70229 | Management consultancy activities other than financial management | 293,780 | 44,954 |
| 82990 | Other business support service activities n.e.c. | 230,205 | 18,719 |
| 96090 | Other service activities n.e.c. | 155,584 | 13,469 |
| 98000 | Residents property management | 139,644 | 7,634 |
| None Supplied | None Supplied | 231,826 | 10,120 |
Newest incorporations
| Company | Incorporated | Type | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whd Aviation LTD | 2026-10-31 | Private Limited Company | Scotland |
| Plumbdawg Limited | 2026-10-31 | Private Limited Company | Scotland |
| Gleam Lighting LTD | 2026-10-31 | Private Limited Company | Scotland |
| Cartivo Global LTD | 2026-10-31 | Private Limited Company | Scotland |
| Cg Ceramics 1 LTD | 2026-10-31 | Private Limited Company | Scotland |
| Bm Car Care LTD | 2026-10-31 | Private Limited Company | Scotland |
| Fr Smart LTD | 2026-10-31 | Private Limited Company | Scotland |
| Nivoro Marketing LTD | 2026-10-31 | Private Limited Company | Scotland |
| Dfp Finance LTD | 2026-10-31 | Private Limited Company | Scotland |
| Monitaxi LTD | 2026-10-31 | Private Limited Company | Scotland |
What this covers, and what it doesn't
- Live companies only: the free product leaves out dissolved companies. Officers (directors and secretaries) are not published as a free bulk file, so none are shown; Companies House's API serves them with a free key.
- PSC names, nationality, country of residence, birth year and the nature of control are on the public register and shown here; an individual's address and day of birth are not kept. The register has no identifier that follows one person across companies, so “the same person” below means the same name and birth month and year.
- Cross-references to US businesses, SEC filers and people say how they were made. A name alone never links a UK company to a US one, and a PSC's name alone never links to a person page. How the matching works.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Companies House. Open Government Licence v3.0. See also UK charities.